This course will focus on the uses of accounting data within an organization by its managers. We will look at the kind of information that is needed by managers, where some of this information can be obtained, and how this information can be used by managers to assist in planning and controlling operations. Students will acquire skills and have practice in working with math and algebra, engaging in critical thinking, and working with spreadsheet programs. Topics such as financial statement analysis, statements of cash flow and various budgeting concepts will be presented. Students will complete additional problems and work on a group project and presentation involving case-study analysis on-line.

OMG 535
Group Dynamics & Leadership I
Competency Area: Collaboration & Group Dynamics
Required of 1st year O&M Spring Enterers.
First priority to O&M students.
Second priority to ES students.

This course is designed specifically for first semester O&M students. It will focus on group development, group dynamics, and leadership. The course introduces students to elements of group dynamics and to a model that matches leadership styles to stages of group development. Students work in teams during the course and use course concepts to analyze their experience. Skills emphasized are group leadership and membership skills, group observation and feedback, conflict management, and managing diversity in groups. Students are expected to read The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams by Blanchard, Carew and Parisi-Carew before the first class meeting. Students may do additional readings and discussions, field or research projects, or case study analysis on-line.

Accounting is a system that collects, summarizes, analyzes and reports information on an organization’s revenues, expenditures, assets, liabilities and equity. This system collects information for management control and for reporting to outside parties. In this introductory course students will look at how financial data is summarized, as well as three types of statements used for financial reports. Students will participate in a case study during class time.

This course gives students an opportunity to experience and investigate the relevance to management of a series of topics from psychology, social psychology, and sociology. The course explores interaction between individuals and the systems in which they live and work. It gives insight into the impact on people of individual characteristics, and of their interactions, group situations, and organizational structures. Students will do additional readings and discussions, field or research projects, or case study analysis on-line.

Professional Seminar provides a setting in which students and faculty offer consultation and support regarding issues students face in their educational, professional, and personal development. All students enrolled in Professional Seminar and site faculty meet as a community, working together to develop a productive and inclusive learning group. Through dialogue and guided activities, we explore specific issues identified by students as they progress through their learning experience in the Department of Organization & Management. Students may do additional readings and discussions, field or research projects, or case study analysis on-line.

If you are planning an independent study, please register for an SIS on your registration form. However, an SIS contract must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office by April 20, 2004, in order for it to appear on your schedule or transcript. Please be sure to specify on the contract if the SIS will be used to fulfill a competency area or serve as a required course substitute, or as an elective. Contracts received after the April 20 deadline will be returned to you for registration in a subsequent semester (additional costs may apply). Credits will not appear on your schedule until the SIS contract(s) has been submitted to the Registrar’s Office, thus affecting your enrollment status and perhaps your financial aid eligibility.

Credits: variable

Second Year Program

This course prepares students to engage in strategy formulation and implementation activities for profit and nonprofit organizations. The methodology used in class blends best practices from traditional and leading edge approaches to strategy. Students acquire skill and knowledge in topics that include: analyzing trends in the organization’s micro and macro environments, developing strategies, implementing large scale initiatives, designing effective measurements, and managing strategic outcomes. Students may do additional readings and discussions, field or research projects, or case study analysis on-line.

Successfully managing diversity and understanding the dynamics of difference in organizations requires skills in diagnosing and leading individuals and groups to acknowledge and capitalize on the richness of difference in all aspects of business, employee relations, and daily life. This course is intended to develop competencies and improve skills in managing and working effectively in a work force that reflects differences of every type. Students will: identify and develop competencies for managing the dynamics of change in the workplace; explore issues of sameness and difference; and enhance diagnostic skills for analyzing the dynamics of difference at the individual, interpersonal, group, and organizational levels. Students will do additional readings and discussions, field or research projects, or case study analysis on-line.

This marketing management course is designed to provide an in-depth introduction to the key concepts, tools and applications of modern marketing analysis within a wide variety of organizations, both corporate and not-for-profit. The course combines both theoretical and practical elements and is intended to help students understand the critical nature of the marketing function, from the perspective of the marketing manager within the organization and within the global marketing environment. The learning methods used include lectures, visuals, case studies, group presentations and research on the Internet.